Definition of "sodomite" [sod•om•ite]

• One who engages in sodomy. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word sodomite is the Hebrew word quadesh, and it means holy, consecrated, or specially dedicated—a sacred person."
• "If some random person (likely an agent provocateur) calls Barney Frank a sodomite, is that an act of violence?"
• "Their defiance survives linguistically: In Arabic, the “top” sodomite is luti, meaning “of [the people of] Lot.”"